1991 – 2002

Eleven years of civil war upset Sierra Leone; in 1999 the military intervention of United Nation becomes necessary, in order to begin disarming rebels.

2012

Doctors with Africa CUAMM starts work in Sierra Leone, in Pujehun district.

2014

March: start of the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, border country.

May: first case of Ebola in Kenema district, bordering with Pujehun, in Sierra Leone.

Extensive energy and resources are invested to control the Ebola epidemic in Pujehun district. Taking into account the outbreak of Ebola, CUAMM endeavour to provide continuity to mother and child healthcare activities, particularly at Pujehun district hospital.

 

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